“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.”

— Malachi 3:6

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

— Hebrews 13:8

Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

— Acts 4:12

13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

— Colossians 1:13-14

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

— Romans 8:37

4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

— 1 John 5:4-5

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and salvation from Christ to you.

People in our skeptical, rapidly changing world today sometimes challenge or scoff at testimonies of ancient prophets’. While circumstances may have changed, people have not. More importantly, God has not changed. Jesus Christ and His gospel remain the most powerful force in history. The book of Romans presents profound truths that bring blessing, spiritual revival, and transformation.

The teachings of Jesus Christ and the spread of the salvation faith have profoundly shaped world history, culture, ethics, and institutions for over two millennia. Million Jesus believers’ personal life-changing and transformation experiences by through faith in Jesus Christ are a central theme in Christian history and contemporary life. This truth of “born again with God’s eternal life and salvation through trusting in Jesus Christ’s redeeming death on Cross that delivers sinners from God’s judgment of righteous wrath, the authority of sin and death have historically driven profound behavioral and social shifts across diverse cultures.